Steel, copper, aluminum, and other metallic commodities are subject to strong and frequent price fluctuations.

For liquidators, insolvency professionals, and industrial project managers, this volatility creates a major challenge:

How can you guarantee stable and transparent scrap pricing when markets shift rapidly?


Why Metallic Commodity Prices Fluctuate

Recent market instability is driven by:

  • Energy cost variations impacting production expenses
  • Geopolitical tensions affecting mining and export flows
  • Global supply and demand imbalances
  • Infrastructure and electrification demand cycles
  • Financial market speculation

These factors can trigger significant price swings within short periods, directly affecting scrap recovery results.


The Risk During Industrial Dismantling

When closing or dismantling an industrial site, volatility can:

  • Reduce expected scrap revenue during project execution
  • Create pricing uncertainty between audit and material sale
  • Complicate financial forecasting in insolvency procedures
  • Generate disputes if pricing references are not clearly defined

Without a structured pricing framework, commodity fluctuations introduce unnecessary financial risk.


How to Secure Clear and Structured Scrap Pricing

The most effective way to counter rapid market changes is not daily speculation, but structured monthly indexing:

  • Base scrap pricing on official monthly commodity indexes
  • Fix the reference price at the beginning of each month
  • Define the pricing mechanism contractually before dismantling
  • Precisely separate ferrous and non-ferrous metals
  • Accurately quantify estimated tonnage during technical audits
  • Ensure full traceability of recovered volumes

Using a monthly index reference stabilizes pricing, reduces short-term volatility exposure, and enables predictable recovery calculations.


How All Metal Structures Scrap Pricing

At All Metal, clarity and stability are ensured through:

  • Detailed on-site metal inventory before operations begin
  • Accurate tonnage estimation based on industrial expertise
  • Clear separation of steel, copper, aluminum, and mixed metals
  • Scrap pricing indexed to monthly benchmarks fixed at the start of each month
  • Contractual definition of the pricing formula prior to project launch
  • Transparent reporting of weights and applied index values
  • Continuous monitoring of commodity trends to optimize timing

This disciplined approach guarantees predictable and straightforward scrap pricing, even in highly volatile commodity environments.

For scrap metal recovery discussions:

Allan Faivre

Commercial Director

sales@all-metal.eu

+33 612056449

All Metal: structured metallic commodity pricing with controlled risk exposure.